"holds a 55% rating and an average of 5.2/10 at Rotten Tomatoes. The Hunter (1980 film) The Hunter is a 1980 American thriller film directed by Buzz Kulik. The film was Steve McQueen's final role before his death in November of that year. The cast also features Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson, and Richard Venture. This was the last theatrical film made by director Buzz Kulik. Ralph ""Papa"" Thorson (Steve McQueen) is a modern-day bounty hunter who hunts down and captures criminals who have skipped on their bail to bring them back for a 20% of the"
"Steve McQueen Terence Steven McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor. He was called ""The King of Cool"", whose ""anti-hero"" persona developed at the height of the counterculture of the 1960s and made him a top box-office draw of the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in ""The Sand Pebbles"". His other popular films include ""The Cincinnati Kid"", ""Love With the Proper Stranger"", ""The Thomas Crown Affair"", ""Bullitt"", ""The Getaway"", and ""Papillon"", as well as the all-star ensemble films ""The Magnificent Seven"", ""The Great Escape"", and ""The Towering Inferno""."
"appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2002, he was created Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the visual arts. McQueen is a former fan of English football club Tottenham Hotspur, quitting after admitting that it affected his day too much. Steve McQueen (director) Steven Rodney McQueen (born 9 October 1969) is a British film director and screenwriter. For his 2013 film, ""12 Years a Slave"", a historical drama adaptation of an 1853 slave narrative memoir, he won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award for"
"Steve McQueen (director) Steven Rodney McQueen (born 9 October 1969) is a British film director and screenwriter. For his 2013 film, ""12 Years a Slave"", a historical drama adaptation of an 1853 slave narrative memoir, he won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award for Best Film, and Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, as a producer, and he also received the award for Best Director from the New York Film Critics Circle. McQueen is the first black filmmaker to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. McQueen frequently collaborates with actor Michael Fassbender, who has starred in three"
"Steve McQueen filmography Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor who had an extensive career in film and television. Popularly known as ""The King of Cool"", McQueen's screen persona was that of portraying cool, reticent antihero roles, which appealed strongly to the masses. This led him to cement his status as one of the most famous celebrities in Hollywood during the 1960s and 1970s. After making his debut appearing in an uncredited role in the crime drama ""Girl on the Run"" (1953), McQueen featured in the Paul Newman starrer ""Somebody Up There Likes Me"""
"of McQueen's feature films. McQueen's other feature films are ""Hunger"" (2008), a historical drama about the 1981 Irish hunger strike, ""Shame"" (2011), a drama about an executive struggling with sex addiction, and ""Widows"" (2018), a thriller about a group of women who vow to finish the heist their husbands died attempting. For his artwork, McQueen has received the Turner Prize, the highest award given to a British visual artist. In 2006 he produced ""Queen and Country"", which commemorates the deaths of British soldiers in Iraq by presenting their portraits as a sheet of stamps. For services to the visual arts,"
"ownership of a Barbour International motorbike jacket. ""Steve McQueen"" was the second album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, which was released in June 1985. It was released in the United States under the title ""Two Wheels Good"" because of a legal conflict with McQueen's estate. Another UK band, The Automatic, released a single called ""Steve McQueen"" as the lead single to their 2008 album ""This is a Fix"". Steve McQueen Terence Steven McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor. He was called ""The King of Cool"", whose ""anti-hero"" persona developed at the height of"
"McBean) and the four-part comic book series ""Dark Axis: Secret Battles of WW2"" and the graphic novel ""Sebastian Hawks – Creature Hunter."" In 2016, his latest film, ""The Darkness"", was released to theaters, and a ""Wolf Creek"" TV series was released on Australian streaming service Stan. According to the production notes for film ""Wolf Creek"", ""after training as a fine artist specializing in painting, McLean attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), completing a graduate diploma in directing."" In his early career he worked with theatre director Neil Armfield, and with Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin at Opera Australia."
"Steve McQueen (album) Steve McQueen is the second studio album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in June 1985 by Kitchenware Records. The album was released by CBS in the United States as Two Wheels Good due to a legal conflict with the estate of American actor Steve McQueen. The album cover references Steve McQueen's lifelong passion for Triumph motorcycles and the 1963 film ""The Great Escape"", starring McQueen and featuring prominent motorcycle chase scenes (with stunts performed by himself on a Triumph motorcycle). On 2 April 2007, it was reissued as a ""legacy edition"" double CD, featuring a"
"Paul Van Carter Paul Van Carter (born 15 November 1976) is a British film producer, novelist, and music producer. As a producer, his most recent films include the award-winning ""McQueen"" about the life of fashion designer Alexander McQueen distributed by Lionsgate and Bleecker Street which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018; the Winston Churchill biopic ""Churchill"" set in the hours preceding D-Day 1944 which stars Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, and John Slattery; the biopic of bare-knuckle boxer Lenny McLean entitled ""My Name is Lenny"" which stars Josh Helman, Michael Bisping, and was the last film of actor Sir"
"the album ""Goats Head Soup"" for which an amused McQueen reportedly gave personal permission. The lines were ""Star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star fucker star/ Yes you are, yes you are, yes you are/Yeah, Ali MacGraw got mad with you/For givin' head to Steve McQueen"". By the time of ""The Getaway"", McQueen was the world's highest-paid actor, but after 1974's ""The Towering Inferno"", co-starring with his long-time professional rival Paul Newman and reuniting him with Dunaway, became a tremendous box-office success, McQueen all but disappeared from the public eye, to focus on motorcycle racing and traveling around the country"
"early successes, including ""Toy Story"", ""A Bug's Life"", ""Toy Story 2"" and ""Monsters, Inc."". McQueen also served as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood. He and his wife, Terry, had a daughter. On October 29, 2002, McQueen died from melanoma in Berkeley, California, at the age of 41. His death occurred during the production of ""Finding Nemo"", which is dedicated to him. His former colleagues also paid homage by naming the main character in the film ""Cars"" ""Lightning McQueen"". McQueen has admirers all over the world for his work, and has been hailed"
"and ""Arthur Christmas"". In 2003, McAvoy appeared in a lead role in ""Bollywood Queen"". This was followed by a supporting role, the faun Mr. Tumnus, in """" (2005). His performance in Kevin Macdonald's drama ""The Last King of Scotland"" (2006) garnered him several award nominations. The critically acclaimed romantic drama war film ""Atonement"" (2007) earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination and his second BAFTA nomination. He appeared as a newly trained assassin in the action thriller ""Wanted"" (2008). In 2011 he played the young Professor Charles Xavier in the superhero film """" (2011), a role he reprised in """""
"Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans is a 2015 documentary directed by John McKenna and Gabriel Clarke. It premiered at the 68th Cannes Film Festival and was one of only two British films to be an official selection for the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. The film focuses on the time when film star Steve McQueen tried to take control of his career. After the success of ""Bullitt"" and ""The Thomas Crown Affair"", McQueen sought to pursue his dream of creating a film about his passion: race-car driving. The result, ""Le Mans"","
"The Beech Grove, Indiana, Public Library formally dedicated the Steve McQueen Birthplace Collection on March 16, 2010 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of McQueen's birth on March 24, 1930. In 2005, ""TV Guide"" ranked McQueen 26th on its ""50 Sexiest Stars of All Time"" list. In 2012, McQueen was posthumously honored with the Warren Zevon Tribute Award by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO). """", a 2015 documentary, examines the actor's quest to create and star in the 1971 auto-racing film ""Le Mans"". His son Chad McQueen and former wife Neile Adams are among those interviewed. On September 28, 2017,"
"his workload. His last film appearance was a small but pivotal role in the television biopic, ""James Dean: Race with Destiny"", playing ""Giant"" director George Stevens. His last starring role was in the 1995 Norwegian movie ""Pakten"". A lifelong heavy smoker, Mitchum died on July 1, 1997, in Santa Barbara, California, due to complications of lung cancer and emphysema. He was about five weeks shy of his 80th birthday. His body was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea. He was survived by his wife of 57 years, Dorothy Mitchum (died April 12, 2014, Santa Barbara, California, aged 94), and"
"there was a selected showing in some theaters of his life story and spiritual quest, ""Steve McQueen - American Icon"". There was an encore presentation on October 10, 2017. The film received mostly positive reviews. Kenneth R. Morefield of Christianity Today said it ""offers a timeless reminder that even those among us living the most celebrated lives often long for the peace and sense of purpose that only God can provide."" Michael Foust of Wordslingers called it ""one of the most powerful and inspiring documentaries I've ever seen."" The Academy Film Archive houses the Steve McQueen-Neile Adams Collection, which consists"
"to be a movie starring Steve McQueen before the actor's untimely death in 1980. aka '""And Now the Screaming Starts""' (an alternative title to ""Fengriffen"" to reflect the film adaptation) David F. Case David F. Case (1937 - 3 February 2018) is an American writer of short stories and novelist. Case, labeled a classicist by his colleague and friend Ramsey Campbell, uses graphic imagery to convey directly as possible what the character feels. His work, as in ""The Hunter"", prefigures the early novels of David Morrell by several years. Case seemed to have vanished from the horror field for a"
"steal from the casino. To avoid an international incident Howard agrees to intentionally lose all his chips on his last bet, but a riot breaks out between Soviets, Americans, and Italians in the casino over the chips. The movie ends with newlyweds Howard and Fitch celebrating their honeymoon in the hotel. Steve McQueen walked out of the first public sneak preview and vowed never to work for MGM again, despite being under contractual obligation for two more pictures. According to MGM records the film made a profit of $122,000. The Honeymoon Machine The Honeymoon Machine is a 1961 film directed"
"Finding Steve McQueen Finding Steve McQueen is an upcoming American heist thriller film directed by Mark Steven Johnson and written by Keith Sharon and Ken Hixon. The film stars Travis Fimmel, Rachael Taylor, Forest Whitaker, and William Fichtner, telling the story of a gang planning to steal millions of dollars from President Nixon's illegal political slush fund. Travis Fimmel, Rachael Taylor, Forest Whitaker and William Fichtner would star in the heist film, ""Finding Steve McQueen"", to be directed by Mark Steven Johnson, from a script by Keith Sharon and Ken Hixon. Principal photography on the film began in early-September 2016"
"They also used the name for their contribution to the script for Steve McQueen's final movie, ""The Hunter"". Leighton was Levinson's middle name. In 1979, Levinson and Link received a Special Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for their work on ""Ellery Queen"" and ""Columbo"". During the 1980s, they were three-time winners of the Edgar for Best TV Feature or MiniSeries Teleplay, and in 1989 they were given the MWA's Ellery Queen Award, which honors outstanding mystery-writing teams. In November 1995 they were jointly elected to the Television Academy Hall of Fame. Levinson died of a heart attack"
"a paddy wagon and the film concludes with his view of the world receding behind metal bars. The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (also called The St. Louis Bank Robbery, the film title in the opening credits) is a 1959 heist film, directed by Charles Guggenheim and starring Steve McQueen as a college dropout hired to be the getaway driver in a bank robbery. Based on a 1953 bank robbery attempt of Southwest Bank in St. Louis, the film was shot on location in 1958 with some of the men and women from the"
"Furnace"", the company's second release, was also negatively received by critics and was a box office bomb. Scorsese directed the company's final film in 2013—""The Wolf of Wall Street"", a biopic on the life of Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio), a New York stockbroker who runs a firm that engages in securities fraud and money laundering on Wall Street in the 1990s. The screenplay was adapted by Terence Winter from Belfort's memoir of the same name. The film was banned in Kenya, Malaysia and Nepal for its controversial depiction of events, explicit sexual content, profanity, and hard drug use. Nonetheless, it was"
"production. She was replaced by Celeste Holm. She continued to act into the early 1970s, when she was diagnosed with brain cancer. She appeared in the TV movie ""Heat of Anger"" (1972) and the film ""The Revengers"" (1972) with William Holden. Her final film role was as Dr. Maggie Cole in the 1972 made-for-TV drama ""Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole"". (The film was intended to be a pilot episode for a weekly television series, but because of Hayward's cancer diagnosis and failing health, the series was never produced.) Her last public appearance was at the Academy Awards telecast in 1974 to"
"the following week, then to #29 in its third week and dropped out of the Top 40 altogether in its fourth week. Steve McQueen (The Automatic song) ""Steve McQueen"" is the first and ultimately only single from Welsh rock band The Automatic's second album ""This Is A Fix"". It is their fifth single overall. The track began radio and video play as of 7 July 2008 and was released on 18 August 2008. The track premiered on the 2007 NME Indie Rock Tour, along with ""Revolution"" – which later would be titled ""Secret Police"", and was originally recorded over the"
"the American Art Directors Guild's Contribution to Cinematic Imagery in 2012. Between 1984 and 2012, she worked as set decorator on 28 films. 16 of these were in collaboration with noted production designer Stuart Craig, including ""A Fish Called Wanda"" (1988), ""Shadowlands"" (1993), ""The English Patient"" (1996), for which she won an Oscar, ""Chocolat"" (2000) and all of the eight ""Harry Potter"" films. Her last film was the Coen brothers-scripted ""Gambit"" (2012). McMillan excelled at handling the decoration of large sets. In a February 2011 interview, she said: ""I have been so lucky to have had the opportunity to dress"
"release on November 13, 2018. The Last Movie The Last Movie is a 1971 drama film from Universal Pictures. It was written by Stewart Stern and directed by Dennis Hopper, who also played a horse wrangler named after the state of Kansas. It also starred Peter Fonda, Henry Jaglom and Michelle Phillips. Production of the movie, which cost $1 million, took place in the film's major setting, Peru. Kansas (Hopper) is a stunt coordinator in charge of horses on a western being shot in a small Peruvian village. Following a tragic incident on the set where an actor is killed"
"Shame (2011 film) Shame is a 2011 British drama film directed and co-written by Steve McQueen, starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan as grown siblings. It was co-produced by Film4 and See-Saw Films. The film's explicit scenes reflecting the protagonist's sexual addiction resulted in a rating of NC-17 in the United States. ""Shame"" was released in the United Kingdom on 13 January 2012. Brandon Sullivan is a New York City executive and long-term bachelor. He is a sex addict who frequently has sex with prostitutes and masturbates several times daily, sometimes viewing pornography on his work computers. One day Brandon"
"Starfleet troops have been holding off multiple attacks from enemy forces for five months. Hell Is for Heroes (film) Hell Is for Heroes is a 1962 American war film directed by Don Siegel and starring Steve McQueen. It tells the story of a squad of U.S. soldiers from the 95th Infantry Division who, in the fall of 1944, must hold off an entire German company for approximately 48 hours along the Siegfried Line until reinforcements reach them. Montigny, Meurthe-et-Moselle, 1944: Squad leader Sergeant Larkin (Harry Guardino) and his men are taking a well-deserved rest behind the lines after conducting front-line"
"was still being reedited ahead of its March 1980 release date. It received poor reviews and was another box-office failure. ""Tom Horn"" was the first and only McQueen vehicle to receive an R rating. It was during production that McQueen had trouble breathing and was later determined to have a rare form of lung cancer called malignant mesothelioma. Tom Horn (film) Tom Horn is a 1980 Western film directed by William Wiard and starring Steve McQueen as the legendary lawman, outlaw, and gunfighter Tom Horn. It was based on Horn's own writings. Tom Horn, a legendary frontier scout and tracker"
"Kathryn Harrold Kathryn Harrold (born August 2, 1950) is an American counselor and retired film actress, best known for her female leading roles in films ""The Hunter"" (1980), ""Modern Romance"" (1981), ""The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper"" (1981), ""Yes, Giorgio"" (1982), and ""Raw Deal"" (1986). She also had leading roles in horror films ""Nightwing"" (1979) and ""The Sender"" (1982). Harrold was born in Tazewell, Virginia to B.H. and Carolyn Harrold. She attended Tazewell High School and Mills College in Oakland, California, majoring in drama. Harrold was Steve McQueen's leading lady in the screen legend's final film, ""The Hunter"" (1980), and"
"Last Knights Last Knights is a 2015 action drama film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya and written by Michael Konyves and Dove Sussman, based on the legend of the forty-seven Ronin. The film stars Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman in the lead roles. It centers on a band of warriors who seek to avenge the loss of their master at the hands of a corrupt minister. The film had its limited release on April 3, 2015, by Lionsgate and was released to video on demand on June 30, 2015. The film was dedicated to the memory of actor Dave Legeno, who"
"and Will Hay. The Last Curtain The Last Curtain is a 1937 British crime film directed by David MacDonald and starring Campbell Gullan, Kenne Duncan and Greta Gynt. The film blends drama and comedy and its plot follows an insurance investigator who examines a series of robberies that have taken place. Much of the action takes place backstage at the fictitious Trafalgar Theatre. It was made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie. The film's sets were designed by John Bryan. It was the first film for comedy actor Joss Ambler who went on to star with such comedy stalwarts"